HTML Patent Advisory Group (PAG)
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Under W3C Current Patent Practice, this
Patent Advisory Group (PAG) was launched due to the discovery of
specific patent claims likely to be essential to W3C work that are not
available on royalty free terms. As stated in its charter, the mission of
the HTML PAG is to study issues for HTML-related Working Drafts and
Recommendations raised by the court case of Eolas v. Microsoft and US
Patent 5,838,906 in which the court ordered that royalty fees be paid
to the patent holder.